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CONTENTS.
Page.
Introductory Letter 1
List of Staff 2
SECTION A—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Social Conditions 3
Births 3
Deaths 3
Premature Infants 5
Comparative Statistics Table 6
Illegitimate Births and Deaths 7
National Assistance Act, 1948 8
SECTION C—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Water Supply 9
Sanitary Inspection 12
Sanitary Defects 15
Notices Served 17
Complaints Received 18
Food Inspection 20
Petroleum Acts 23
Disinfection and Disinfestation 23
Destruction of Insect Pests 23
Diseases of Animals Acts 24
Rats and Mice Destruction Act 24
SECTION D—HOUSING.
Housing 26
Council's Housing Programme 26
SECTION E—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 30
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936/48 31
The Food and Drugs (Milk and Dairies) Act, 1944 31
Ice Cream 33
SECTION F—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Notification of Infectious Disease 34
Smallpox 35
Admissions to Infectious Diseases Hospitals 37
Laboratory Work 37
Food Poisoning 38
Diphtheria Immunisation 38
Whooping Cough Immunisation 39
Verminous Conditions—Scabies and Head-lice 40
Tuberculosis 41
INDEX 43